Table 4.

Primary and secondary fuels used for cooking and degree of LPG use stratified by community.

	Total (n = 3342)		Botaland (n = 1059)		Batoke (n = 707)		Mile 4 (n = 1334)		Buea (n = 243)		p Value *
	No	%	No	%	No	%	No	%	No	%
Primary fuel
No cooking	17	0.5	3	0.3	6	0.9	6	0.5	2	0.8
Electricity	11	0.3	4	0.4	3	0.4	3	0.2	1	0.4
LPG	1883	56.3	713	67.3	364	51.6	768	57.6	38	15.6
Piped gas	1	0.03	0	0	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	<0.0005
Kerosene	114	3.4	41	3.9	28	4.0	40	3.0	5	2.1
Charcoal	51	1.5	10	0.9	5	0.7	35	2.6	1	0.4
Wood	1205	36.1	279	26.4	285	40.4	445	33.4	196	80.7
Sawdust	53	1.6	6	0.6	12	1.7	35	2.6	0	0
Other	7	0.2	3	0.3	2	0.3	2	0.2	0	0
Secondary fuel	(n = 3325)		(n = 1056)		(n = 706)		(n = 1324)		(n = 239)
None	983	29.6	379	35.9	231	32.7	250	18.9	123	51.5
Electricity	11	0.3	1	0.1	3	0.4	7	0.5	0	0
LPG	554	16.7	119	11.3	121	17.1	279	21.1	35	14.6
Piped gas	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	2	0.2	2	0.8
Biogas	1	0.03	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	<0.0005
Kerosene	308	9.3	69	6.5	61	8.6	140	10.6	38	15.9
Charcoal	428	12.9	115	10.9	40	5.7	265	20.0	8	3.4
Wood	937	28.2	347	32.9	212	30.0	348	26.3	30	12.6
Crops	1	0.03	0	0	1	0.1	0	0	0	0
Sawdust	94	2.8	25	2.37	33	4.7	33	2.5	3	1.3
Other	4	0.1	0	0	4	0.6	0	0	0	0
LPG use	(n = 3342)		(n = 1059)		(n = 706)		(n = 1334)		(n = 243)
None	913	27.3	230	21.7	222	31.4	291	21.8	170	70.0	<0.0005
In combination	1956	58.5	595	56.2	375	53.1	916	68.7	70	28.8
Exclusive	473	14.2	234	22.1	109	15.4	127	9.5	3	1.2

* p-values shown in bold show evidence of significance at the 5% level.